Title - Do Unto Otters Author: Keller, Laurie Publisher: Henry Holt and Company% Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre Mr. Rabbit's new neighbors are Otters. OTTERS! But he doesn't know anything about otters. Will they get along? Will they be friends? Just treat otters the same way you'd like them to treat you, advises Mr. Owl. Entertain Fantasy RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 637 3.0 670 Amazon RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 40 Total # of Words 784 # of Different Words 334 Ave Word/.Sent 7 Hi Freq occurs 405 51.7% # of Hi freq words 121 36.2% % of Long Sentences 5.8 Low Freq occurs 81 10.3% # of Low freq words 54 16.2% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: Little support Speech Bubbles Unconventional format Dialog: Two speakers Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Few descriptive words Sentences: Multiple phrases Text structure: Oral/Natural Inserts/Side bars Bold/Italicized Words Features Character traits Foreign words Unconventional punctuation Words presented in isolation Topics Cooperation Manners Words Language Kindness *Feelings, Behaviors Low Frequency Words activities ankthay arigato beezness bitte considerate cooperate danke dearie dispenseme easeplay elderly emay entschuldigen excuseway forgiving friendliness german honest interrupting japanese kudasai language languages latin listener littering lousy merci moi neighbor neighbors nightmare ohh operate otter otters ouyay pardonnez patient plait rehearsal respecting rhymes schon sie sincerely sumimasen tissue totter unto vous whiskers yahoo